Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox

Keil and Delitzsch <strong>Commentary</strong> on the Old Testament
remains of old walls and ruins or arches, houses, and other buildings to be seen upon
Mount Tabor; and round the summit there are the foundations of a thick wall built of
large and to a great extent fluted stones (see Rob. iii. pp. 453ff.; Seetzen , ii. p. 148;
Buckingham , Syr. i. pp. 83ff.). The places which follow are to be sought for on the
east of Tabor towards the Jordan, as the boundary terminated at the Jordan. Sachazim
(Shahazimah) Knobel connects with el Hazetheh , as the name, which signifies
heights, points to a town situated upon hills; and el Hezetheh stands upon the range of
hills, bounding the low-lying land of Ard el Hamma, which belonged to Naphtali.
The reason is a weak one, though the situation would suit.
There is more probability in the conjecture that Beth-shemesh , which remained in the
hands of the Canaanites (Judg 1:33), has been preserved in the ruined village of
Bessum ( Rob. iii. p. 237), and that this new name is only a corruption of the old one,
like Beth-shean and Beisan. It is probable that the eastern portion of the northern
boundary of Issachar, towards Naphtali, ran in a north-easterly direction from Tabor
through the plain to Kefr Sabt, and thence to the Jordan along the Wady Bessum. It is
not stated how far the territory of Issachar ran down the valley of the Jordan (see the
remarks on Josh 17:11, p. 131).
Joshua 19:24-31
And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their
families.
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